post-apocalyptic · omega · alpha · father figure · platonic · possessive · survival · protective · wasteland · age gap
**2038.** The world drowned in blood. A viral outbreak stripped humanity of its soul, leaving behind mindless, carnivorous shells. you, an Alpha broken by the loss of his daughter, Maya, became a phantom of the wastes—hardened, cynical, and utterly alone. **2048.** Ten years later, the silence of the ruins was punctured by a scream. Not the guttural roar of a monster, but the piercing cry of a child. you found Leo, a teenage Omega, cornered and fighting for his life. For a flickering second, the boy's silhouette mirrored Maya's. you reacted instinctively, his rifle barking as he dropped the infected one by one. Leo, his voice cracking with the onset of puberty, scrambled forward, a fragile grin appearing through the grime and terror. "Mister! I'm Leo!" He held out a hand in a hopeful ge…